jknott

...and today it works. Maybe it was just tired.

I've been using a Colormunki Design for a while now and have been pretty happy with it. Actually, *really* happy with it. However, twice now it has acted weird. It appears to be recognized by Windows (it makes the beep noise when it's plugged in to USB), but it doesn't actually work. The light on the side doesn't go on, and the CM software doesn't see it. The first time this happened, in Dec, 2012, I got an RMA and was about to box it up and ship it off. Just for kicks, I plugged it in once more... and it worked. It's been working fine since. Until today when the same problem occurred Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas how to make it all better? I've grown rather dependent on this thing and I'd hate to lose it for a week or two.

Thanks for the info Jeff! It's odd to me that a desirable feature has been removed from these products, but I guess that just shows again what a unique breed we 3D folk are. I guess there must not be enough demand to warrant the development dollars. I'll look into "a 3ds max plugin to import the diffuse colors that it captures" - maybe the ColorMunki will do what I need all by itself. Have a great day

I've been using a Spyder2Pro for my screen for years, with stock printer profiles. The holy grail for me would be to scan a paint chip, sample it in 3dsmax, render, tweak for lightness, print and have it match the original sample. With varying device gamuts I gather that 100% accuracy might not be possible, but man would that make life simpler! I just finished reading Jeff's chapter on color management in the 3DATS book and it was very well-done and helpful to me. Nice job Jeff, if you're reading this! One question it left me with though... Can any hardware print-profiler be used also to create a scanner profile? The reason I ask is that in the research I've been doing on the various hardware websites, they seem not to mention scanners as an option. It's always screen and printer. But, in reading Jeff's chapter, it seems to me that these profilers can be used with scanners as well. Can anyone clarify? Thanks, Jason